Fountain Rice (1844-1921), son of Fountain and Malinda Frances Boggs Rice, married Ede Francis (1847-1920), daughter of Thomas and Mary Frances, in 1865. Rice was a farmer in the southern part of Madison County, Kentucky and attended Hays Fork Baptist Church. Several of his daughters were members of the Daughters of the American Revolution and their interest in genealogy is represented in the collection. Fountain and Ede had 16 children, including the following:

Thomas (1866-1923)

Fountain (1867-1930)

Edna (1868-1957)

Lewis B. (1872-1893)

Ethel M. (1875-1903)

Lucy Rebecca (1877-1958)

Ede (1879-1968)

Charles Dobbs (1881-1929)

Alma (1884-1973) married George Nicholas Bascom

Margarette (1885-1974) married Hugh W. Mason

Jim (1889-1892)

Annie B. (1890-1892)

Jessie A. (1893-1968)

Jane (1895-1989), married Jesse Charles Hazzard

Most of their children moved to other parts of the country, but many were buried in the Rice lot in the Richmond Cemetery.